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The Physician
by Noah Gordon

Published: 2012-09-04
Paperback : 765 pages
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An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this “rich” and “vivid” historical novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (The New York Times).

A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given ...

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An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this “rich” and “vivid” historical novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (The New York Times).

A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift—an acute sensitivity to impending death—never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.

Arab madrassas are the only authentic medical schools, and he makes his perilous way to Persia. Christians are barred from Muslim schools, but claiming he is a Jew, he studies under the world’s most renowned physician, Avicenna. How the woman who is his great love struggles against her only rival—medicine—makes a riveting modern classic.

The Physician is the first book in New York Times–bestselling author Noah Gordon’s Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with Shaman and concludes with Matters of Choice.

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  "the physician"by margaret b. (see profile) 01/26/17

A wonderful book, one of the best I've ever read. Loved it!

 
  "Life in the Middle Ages"by Billie L. (see profile) 01/26/17

A glimpse into the Middle ages. Fascinating reading about a time and location that is so unfamiliar to us

 
by Diane H. (see profile) 01/25/17

 
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by marianne l. (see profile) 05/23/14

 
  "Great historical fiction"by Roberta M. (see profile) 09/21/12

The book follows a young man from being orphaned in England, to traveling with a barber to going to Turkey, masquerading as a Jew, to study medicine in the year 1000. A great adventure and fascinating... (read more)

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